Tag: New York City
NYC Taxi Drivers Hunger Strike Against Predatory Capitalism
For two weeks, the New York City Taxi Workers’ Alliance (NYTWA) members have been engaged in a hunger strike outside City Hall demanding Mayor...
Funeral Homes Inundated, NY Buries Its Unclaimed Dead On Hart Island...
Centuries from now, historians will be writing (or whatever the equivalent will be) about how we handled--and didn't handle--the coronavirus/COVID-19 that has, to date,...
NYC Billboard Targeting AOC Is Emblematic Of Big Money In Politics...
Everyone can afford to buy advertising space on billboards in order to spread his or her political views, right?
Everyone can buy political influence, right?
That's...
In 34 States And DC, A Cop Can Legally Rape You...
It's been amply established that the very legal system that is supposed to protect victims of domestic violence and sexual assault is instead rigged...
Cities Sue Pentagon For Botched Gun Background Checks (VIDEO)
It has been amply established that one of the worst mass shootings of 2017 was completely preventable. On November 5, Devin Kelley burst into...
Trumpkin Calls Bill de Blasio An ‘Accessory To Murder’ For Opposing...
As most of us know by now, a certain element of Donald Trump's base thinks that daring to speak out against the Donald is...
Wingnuts Smear Protesters With Most Deplorable Stunt Yet (TWEETS/VIDEO)
For the better part of two years, whenever someone posts even mildly critical commentary about Donald Trump on Twitter, he or she runs the...
Crooked Ex-Congressman Is Latest Soldier In Bannon’s #War (VIDEOS/TWEET)
When Steve Bannon parachuted back to Breitbart News after being shoved out as White House chief strategist, he declared that he intended to go...
Hundreds Rally To Stop Police Brutality Against Mentally Ill (VIDEO)
In January, James Owens, who struggled with mental illness and addiction, lost his life to a police bullet. His grieving nephew said:
“(He) was gunned...
Angry Wingnut Crashes The Stage At Trump-Themed ‘Julius Caesar’ (TWEETS)
As part of this year's "Shakespeare in the Park" slate in Central Park, New York City's Public Theater staged a modern interpretation of "Julius...
Hypocrisy Abounds As Conservatives Whine About Trump-ish Julius Caesar (TWEETS)
When you think of parodies of Donald Trump, the first person who comes to mind is Alec Baldwin and his epic send-ups of the...
Melissa McCarthy Spotted Driving Her Spicey Podium Through Manhattan (VIDEOS/TWEETS)
It's safe to assume that the gang on "Saturday Night Live" won't be lacking for material this week. After all, the Sturm und Drang...
Schumer To Sessions: If You’re Too Wimpy To Ride The New...
Last week, our illustrious Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, suggested that since New York City is a so-called "sanctuary city" for undocumented immigrants, the NYPD...
Leading House Dem Thinks Something Smells About Dumping Of One U....
On Saturday, the Justice Department raised a lot of eyebrows when it fired Preet Bharara, the respected U. S. Attorney for New York's Southern District--centered...
Why Did Lady Liberty Go Dark? Conspiracy Theorists Are Having A...
On Tuesday night, the Statue of Liberty went dark. The lights around the statue were out for a few hours. The National Park Service...
New York City Neighborhoods Got A Big Valentine’s Day Surprise –...
Residents of New York City received a very special Valentine's Day greeting on Tuesday. Projected onto several buildings in the city was an image...
More Racist Attacks: Clergyman Attacked With A Bat, Racial Slur (VIDEO)
A Brooklyn man is being charged with a hate crime for using a racial slur against a Nigerian Catholic priest and then threatening him...
NYC Paying Over $1 Million A Day To Protect Trump And...
Three New York City officials estimate that it costs over $1 million per day to provide adequate protection for President-elect Donald Trump and his...
NYC Pharmacy Charging Male Shoppers 7 Percent ‘Man Tax’ (VIDEO)
Warning: This article contains NSFW language.
Influenced by this year's battle of the sexes election, a pharmacy in New York City's Soho is charging men...
Trump Wrong Again: Stop And Frisk Is UNCONSTITUTIONAL (VIDEO)
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was in full throttle, foaming-at-the-mouth, unhinged mode in the first head to head debate with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary...